Westlake Corner, VA
How exposed is Westlake Corner to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Westlake Corner at the 51st national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,357 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Westlake Corner at the 53rd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 77.2% of Westlake Corner's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 10% Indirect share and far above its 12.8% Minimal share — a profile where 1,048 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Westlake Corner ranks
There's little gap between Westlake Corner's 51st national percentile and its 54th percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Westlake Corner ranks 15,555 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,802 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 313 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Westlake Corner and the insurance market
Westlake Corner's elevated rating (51st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Westlake Corner's 77.2% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Westlake Corner's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,357 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Westlake Corner. The exposure-zones guide covers what Westlake Corner's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.